Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 481 Morris' Awakening
The semi-final of the Champions League between Millwall and AC Milan is approaching, but before the two sides play against each other, Millwall still has a round of league games to play.

On April 23, the Premier League's No.30 five rounds started, and Millwall challenged Aston Villa away.

At the end of the league, some games will not be fierce, because some teams with insufficient competition, surplus competition, or fixed results will lose the fighting spirit to continue fighting.

The match between Millwall and Aston Villa still has focus. The players who have received much attention in the Millwall team are not Braniff who performed well, nor Darren Bent, who is the top scorer in the league. It's Jody Morris, who has been a little flat recently.

In the past two months, Morris's limelight was completely suppressed by his teammates. He failed to score in many consecutive games, and he didn't even make the starting list in some competitions.

Many media's analysis of this is, "Morris is originally Chelsea's abandoned player. His level of strength has been fixed. Even if he has an occasional outstanding performance, he cannot conceal the fact that he is mediocre."

This statement has received a lot of approval.

The media paid attention to Morris’s performance. In fact, there are very good reasons. Morris was the absolute core of Millwall before. Even Darren Bent couldn’t steal the limelight. Not as important as Morris, he is the player with the most appearances and the most stable performance.

Recently, with the outbreak of Braniff, Simpson, Livermore and other players, Morris seems to be mediocre, and his performance has no bright spots to talk about. His mediocre performance even affected the national team trip. Morris' name did not appear on the recent list.

In the second round of the UEFA Champions League with Eindhoven before, Wise only gave Morris 10 minutes of playing time. His performance was also very flat, and he could not tell what contribution he had made at all.

For the match between Millwall and Aston Villa, the media has nothing to say. The two teams are no longer at the same level. Aston Villa ranks No.12 in the league. It is not enough to qualify for the European competition. , and don't worry about relegation at all. The Aston Villa players who are in a state of not getting up or down are already focused on the holidays.

So the focus of this game is what kind of state Millwall and AC Milan will show before the battle.

In this game, Morris performed better.

Although Morris did not score or even assist until the end of the game, Millwall's three goals were more or less related to Morris, and he also drove the rhythm of the entire game.

As one of the cores of the 'dual core', Morris led Millwall to suppress Aston Villa away.

In the end, Millwall won 1-3 away.

After the game, Morris was still the focus of the game. The media's comment was, "The performance has improved, but it still did not meet expectations!" It means that Morris should have been a player who shined in the audience, but his performance can only be regarded as Qualified only.

At the post-match press conference, Zhang Yang was also asked about Morris. He smiled lightly and said, "Any player will have ups and downs. I believe Morris can persevere. His career has not yet reached its peak. !"

Many media scoffed at Zhang Yang's statement.

In recent months, Morris's performance has not improved, on the contrary, it has dropped a bit. Even Millwall's formation, Morris has become a secondary choice. How could they believe that Morris' has not yet Go to the top'?
Morris is not a young player, he is already 29 years old.This age has already reached the peak period, and after two years, the state will start to decline.

Perhaps Morris's state declined earlier, and his performance has been flat recently.

But Zhang Yang has expectations for Morris' performance, because he knows the reason for Morris's mediocre performance.

Very simple.

This guy seems to have no ambitions!
When Morris's performance was flat, Zhang Yang had a detailed discussion with Morris. After careful research and analysis, he found that Morris's problem was not his physical condition, but his mentality towards his career.

Morris' experience was rough.

When he was young, Morris was a well-known talent in the Chelsea youth academy, and then played for Chelsea's first team. Everyone felt that he would rise quickly, but for several seasons at Chelsea, he has always been a substitute player. After Lampard's arrival, he can almost only be Lampard's substitute.

When Chelsea is no longer needed, Morris can only choose to leave.

From the Premier League to the Championship, few people know how much Morris's mentality has changed. At that time, he was about 25 years old and at the best time of his career. Everyone else was rising, but he was constantly falling. .

With Millwall outstanding, Morris's performance has also become quite good.

After waiting for the Premier League, Morris also realized his dream-leading the team to defeat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

At Stamford Bridge, under the watchful eyes of all Blues fans!
He proved himself!

After the end of the season, Morris' mentality experienced a period of calm. At the beginning of this season, Morris' performance was not bad, but when he entered the England national team, Morris suddenly found that he had nothing to pursue.

He became the main force of Millwall, the core member of the real top club.

He got a high-paying contract that he couldn't even imagine.

He made up for Chelsea's regrets.

He entered the England national team, and he has played for the country, and he has fulfilled his childhood dream.

Is there anything else?

It is precisely because of the mentality of "no desire, no desire" that Morris has always played very stable, and stability often means mediocrity. When he is on the field, he must be useful, and he will definitely not drag the team However, compared with Braniff, Simpson, Livermore and other players who are active and have outstanding abilities, they do not have any advantages.

That's why Morris is 'mediocre'.

Zhang Yang and Morris talked a lot before he discovered this problem. He then recalled the past two years with Morris and talked about the success of Millwall.

Morris was also thrilled.

Zhang Yang immediately said, "When Millwall enters the Premier League, I believe everyone, even the critical media and fans, will be very satisfied."

"Everyone was praising us, even though they thought we would only be in the Premier League for one season. Am I right?"

Morris nodded.

"But we didn't set our goal on relegation. Everyone in the team worked very hard. I believe everyone's nerves were tense throughout the season. In the end, we won the league championship!"

"That is, at the end of last season, it is still the same sentence, everyone will give Millwall a thumbs up! By this time, should you be satisfied? But, no!"

"The Premier League championship is just the beginning. This season, our goal of chasing the ball has become the Champions League trophy. At the same time, we also want to defend the league championship! The team has always pursued it, even if we won the Champions League Trophies, we can also go after the ball to continue the honor, pursue to make the team squeeze into the ranks of the giants... and so on."

Zhang Yang looked at Morris seriously, "Then compared to the whole team, why didn't you pursue it personally?"

"What personal honors have you received?"

"England Footballer? European Footballer? World Footballer? Or some other valuable individual award? As far as I know, not yet?"

"Not to mention individual honors, you have never won the highest collective honor. In the current Champions League, some players will even switch to other teams for the Champions League trophy. You know, Ballack, the German captain did just that. , A top player does not have the Champions League, and his career is flawed. Ballack will pursue it, even if he bears a lot of infamy. What about you? Your reputation is bigger than Ballack? You have never won anything, why do you take it so easily? Are you satisfied? Or are you just a person who has no pursuit?"

"You're only 29 years old, you haven't retired yet!"

"If you continue to maintain the current situation, I believe that after a few years, you will be the one who regrets it, because at that time, you will no longer have the ability to pursue it, and you can only live in regret for the rest of your life..."

Zhang Yang believed in his own words, and it was effective for Morris. Just looking at the hard work in training and competition, he knew that Morris probably knew what to do.

So Zhang Yang has confidence in Morris.

Morris is a player with strong overall strength. He may have a technical gap with the top players, but he is still the most stable player in Millwall's midfield, who can make the greatest contribution and lead the overall situation.

Morris, it's so important!

In the current Champions League match against AC Milan, Morris must also rely on Morris to drive the team to strengthen the control of the midfield.

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Morris was indeed touched.

Just as Zhang Yang thought, after getting everything he wanted, he found himself at a loss for the future. Although he was still playing one game after another with the team, he didn't know what he should pursue.

Golden Globes?
World Footballer?

Champions League?

These were all too far away, so far away that Morris didn't even dare to think about them. When he had an idea, he immediately shook his head and denied himself, but after Zhang Yang finished speaking, he realized that it was not completely impossible to realize.

Millwall is about to enter the semi-finals of the Champions League. The whole team is working hard. Maybe they can beat AC Milan to enter the finals, and then they will win the championship trophy.

As the core player of the championship team, as long as the performance is good enough, the goal award and the World Footballer are not completely out of reach, right?At least there is a chance, and it is certain to be nominated.

Morris didn't think about this before. He just felt that playing a few more seasons, although not the best, had no regrets in his career. Now he finds that this is not the case. Regret not going for it.

There are only a few years in the career, and there is not much time left.

Now I still have the ability to work hard, fight hard, and fight for it. What about in the future?When you are in your thirties, maybe your status will decline rapidly, and you will have no chance to fight for it.

That will leave regrets!

The current struggle may not be successful, but at least I have worked hard, and I will not regret it in the future.

Morris figured it out.

When he returned to the training ground and made the final preparations with the team, Morris became very hard-working. He tried his best not to say anything on the court, and he was very serious about tactical arrangements, almost to the point of remembering every word explained by the coaching staff. the point.

He should.

In the match against AC Milan, he is still reused. He will start the game and become the core of the midfield. His performance will also affect the entire team and even the outcome of the game.

Morris couldn't wait.

(End of this chapter)